Oct 28 2022 114 mins 28
Like the bodacious ‘dos from which the sound gets its name, “hair metal” can be a hard genre to pin down! Luckily, we’ve got writer/podcaster/critic/organizer and hair metal fan Elana Levin to run through two genre classics to help set some things straight!
Matt and Elana cover Def Leppard’s “Hysteria” (the one with “Pour Some Sugar On Me” on it) and “Long Cold Winter” by Cinderella (one of the bands featured in HBO’s Peacemaker TV series). In this episode, they chat about what makes hair metal so special and popular, what role Peacemaker played in popularizing some under-heard hair metal bangers, and why neither of them like “Pour Some Sugar On Me” very much.
Follow Elana on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Elana_Brooklyn/
Listen to Elana’s podcast, Graphic Policy Radio, at https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/ or wherever you get podcasts
Junk Filter Podcast: Hair Metal with Elana Levin https://anchor.fm/jesse-hawken/episodes/107-Hair-Metal-with-Elana-Levin-e1p26dv
“There’s No Wrong Time To Rock: A Peacemaker-Inspired Playlist” by Elana Levin https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2022/02/theres-no-wrong-time-to-rock-a-peacemaker-inspired-playlist/
- The playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qfBE3suas4Hggga4asQZW?si=GLBR0LmjQr6fySX6AjbxNA
- The playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3qfBE3suas4Hggga4asQZW?si=GLBR0LmjQr6fySX6AjbxNA
“Tom Keifer talks the Blues, Cinderella and the Music Industry” - American Blues Scene https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2014/03/tom-keifer-talks-the-blues-cinderella-and-the-music-industry/
“Notes on Camp: on David Lee Roth” https://medium.com/@Elana_Levin/notes-on-camp-on-david-lee-roth-ad286df3cd10
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Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI
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Timestamps
0:00 - Def Leppard & Cinderella with Elana Levin
0:51 - A bit about hair metal as a genre
11:01 - Cinderella - "Long Cold Winter"
14:33 - Gypsy Road
20:43 - The Last Mile
23:56 - Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone)
30:00 - Coming Home
32:46 - Fire and Ice
34:34 - Second Wind
37:07 - Bad Seamstress Blues / Fallin’ Apart
42:22 - Def Leppard - “Hysteria”
49:53 - Animal
55:35 - Gods of War
1:01:04 - Rocket
1:08:18 - Women
1:12:39 - Pour Some Sugar On Me
1:17:16 - Hysteria
1:20:40 - Love Bites
1:23:44 - Run Riot
1:26:18 - Community Questions
1:48:11 - Alvvays - “Archie, Marry Me” (suggested by MinnMax supporter Bob Buel)
